Amazon's new coin section

The store opened yesterday and I'm not impressed.
http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=9003130011

First, very little there and most of it higher priced items. Their seller input matrix is not tuned for coins, which means you see listings like "1795 No Mint Mark Silver Dollar Dollar NGC10, Collectible - Like New" - yeah, really, just like that, "Dollar Dollar" and all.

I don't know why some people think Amazon is so great. They really are not. Anyone who subscribes to their Prime TV service knows how glitchy their software can be and how little they care. My bet is that this will turn out just like their auction attempt in 1999 - a mass exodus by sellers.

 

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It seems to be a rather commom theme in business. They become full of themselves and stray from their roots, spreading themselves all over the map. Then when they get their butts kicked into the ground they start yelping about "getting back to basics."

 

I do buy many things from Amazon - but I doubt I'll be buying coins.

 

Yeah, I will stick to books. I am somewhat Luddite in that I prefer books over electronic readers etc. Their media sucks, I have bought music on there before only to have it disappear once I download it to my PC.

 

A quick look at the half cents showed mostly slabbed late dates and no real bargains. I did notice that problem coins weren't noted as "... details" in the listing headings. The unslabbed half cents were overgraded in addition to being overpriced.

 

I don't think i'll bother with this store

 

No categories for world coins

 

Categories: "Collectible Coins", "Rare Coins", "Coin Sets". "Precious Metal Coins"

Where should I look for a collectible coin set containing rare coins made of precious metal?

 

I hope this helps too.

 

EBay.

 

I doubt I'd buy any coins from them, but I did enjoy looking at the coins. Although mostly it reminded me that I can't afford what I really want--like this one:

1909 Lincoln Proof PR65--http://www.amazon.com/1909-Mint-Lin...=sr_1_2?s=coins&ie=UTF8&qid=1401597699&sr=1-2

 

Ya' got that right Peter! Any and all competition against the bay will benefit us coin collectors and collectors in general.

 

is cointalk still getting something when some uses amazon threw the cointalk site

 

I love being a prime membership on amazon. Free two days shipping...hell yea.

 

I think I saw exactly ONE coin marked as Prime eligible

 

I recognized a lot of the sellers - looks like they all started with a small selection of coins. Did not really price compare on some of them.